Zimmer Spine ST360 Distal Thread Reduction Guide Pins, Part number: 07.00684.00. Non-Sterile. Zimmer Spine, Inc., 7375 Bush Lake Road, Minneapolis, MN 55439 U.S.A. The Distal Thread Reduction Guide Pin is a reusable instrument that is part of a set of instruments used to perform reduction surgeries with the ST360 Spinal Fixation System. The ST360 Spinal Fixation System is a temporary implant system used to correct spinal deformity and facilitate the biological process of spinal fusion. This system is intended for posterior use in the thoracic, lumbar and sacral areas of the spine. Implants of this system consist of hooks and/or screws connected to rods and are intended to be removed after solid fusion has occurred. This system includes polyaxial screws of varying diameters and lengths, fixed screws of varying diameters and lengths, rods in varying lengths, hooks in varying designs, fixed and adjustable transverse connectors.
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